Washington Post Guild reaches tentative agreement with publisher

Washington Post Guild reaches tentative agreement with publisher
FILE PHOTO: Washington Post staff walk a picket line at the start of a 24-hour strike amid prolonged contract talks outside The Washington Post building in Washington

(Reuters) -The Washington Post Guild has reached a tentative agreement with the publisher, the union said in a post on social media platform X on Friday.

“We have reached a comprehensive tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with the Guild,” a spokesperson for the Washington Post said.

The news organization said it hopes the new contract would be ratified next week.

The union, which represents more than 1,000 staff, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on details of the deal.

(Reporting by Akash Sriram and Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri)

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